The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-10-13

Top III one uOlS Wueu Oiu Int gcIltN
out "glt often men--you is mashin'
the life outen me-" About that
time one of the big shells bursted
near by and Ned Brown cried out:
tinker Ike, if youse tired down
dar, you git up here and let me git
down dar awhile" Ned was hunt
ing safe place.
Speaking of Ned reminds me:
One of the most amusing things of
the whole war occurred between
Ned and Major Pointer, servants of
Gen. Brown. Ned and Major were
cternally quarreling and Gen.
Brown and Capt. Hamp Cheeny
arranged a duel between them.
They loaded two navy pistols with
blank cartridges and gave one to
each of them. Gen. Brown sec
onded Ned and Capt C. Major.
They measured of ten PAGES and
placed them in position and they
were commanded TO fire at the word
three. Neither Ned nor Major
knew that the pistols had no balls
in them and thought that the thing
was in terrible earnest. Capt. Chez
ny called out zone, two"-and both
the .dusky heroes started to run.
They were driven back and the ter
riole zone, two" rang out again,
with both running a second time.
They were brought to the scratch
third time and as tone" was called
Ned broke down, saying: "Gen.
Brown, you knows 1 loves Major
better AN anybody, 'cepin' It's YOU"
This broke up the duel but Ned
and Major were ever after the best
of friends and quit quarreling.
1t showed again on Friday night
We were worn out, not having slept
for two days and nights and having
been under fire the whole time. We
tried to sleep that night but made
but poor out of it. Many of US
were frost bitten it being intensely
cold. Up to this time we had
HELD ALL OUR LINES
unbroken, the enemy not having
captured single point and our
losses being insignificant compared
to theirs, they being the assaultiug
party. Before day on Saturday
morning we silently formed under
the hill in rear Of our works, leav-
ing the 4lst in the bitches. We
| oarnhn1 n tho loft Of
the Argus Ferry road, where we re-
manned in position for some time
a. last we were ordered out of the
bitches to charge the enemy. We
struck them in a dense thicket
where we had a bloody struggle but
we drove them from their lines,
killing and wounding a large mum
Der of their men. We came near
decimating the llth Illinois, yet we
paid very dearly, Capt. Clack' S
company to which I belonged los
ing 19 men killed and wounded
Jim Mack Bunch and Ed. Gordon
were killed and Tom Lindsey, Ed
Buford, Jim Short, Jno. Pittard
Voss Plummer, Tank Webb, Phil
lip Mitchell, Bob Nevis, Mlsen-
heimer and others wounded. The
ball that struck Eb. Buford drove
portion of his musket pick clear
through him. The wire was i'm bed
bed in the ball when it was founC
in his clothing,
We were ordered back to the
bitches and after calling the roll all
of our company could be accounted
for except Misenheimer and jim
Mack Bunch. We knew poor jim
was killed, but knew Misenheime
was wounded. Capt. Clack sent nj
out to look for him and l searched
for long time before l found him
HIS THIGH WAS BROKEN
| about midway between the kne
; and hip. He had crawled from
: where he was wounded to poin
near the road. / tracked him b,
the bloody limb dragging through
2 the fresh snow. When / fount
| him he was almost exhausted b,
loss Of blood and the Intense cold
l carried him to the road and pu
: him IN a wagon. Poor Jim Buncl
= we never saw him after he wa
, killed. We were then ordered bacl
r to the position which we had lief
in the morning.
While we were fighting on on
left the enemy had obtained a lodg
ing in secure position III front o
the End Kentucky, which we trie'
to drive them from, but failed, loss
ing many men in the attempt
among the number Sergeant Comp.
ton, our color bearer, noble, gal
lang fellow. When night arrived
on Saturday we had been victoria III
at all points save the last men
= toned charge. Our men were il
: splendid spirits; we had driven the
: enemy from cur front On our left
!. and the army could have beer
saved, but Gen. Pillow was owe
confident or incompetent, either Of
, which was fatal to Us; but surren-
!, der had not been thought of In thu
most remote degree by the men. l
, it had, half of the garrison wouit
: have escaped, We felt that we hat
A GLORIOUS VICTORY,
: but the poiut from which we hat
driven the enemy on Saturday ha6
, been reinforced and occupied on
; Saturday night and to our utter sur
prise and humiliation we were sur
rendered on Sunday morning
Floyd and Pillow had left US, Floyd
, taking his brigade with him an(
in the words of Walter Scott, eve
bore the fate our leader Stunned.
There Is no ceasure fer Gen
Buckrer, who was a chivairous sol
| der and was man enough to TAX
the fate of b men aud shirk moth
i ing. II his council had prevailed
on Saturday the gallant men wht
had held the place for four terribl,
days and nights against fearful
3 odds, would not have been surren
dered, but would have escaped anf
been in the battle Of Shiloh. Sons
of the very finest troops IN TIL
, southern army were
NEEpLE4sLY SURRENDERED